Ex-England flyhalf Andy Goode has insultingly suggested Eben Etzebeth misunderstood what Ireland players said after a 2023 World Cup game.

Ex-England flyhalf implies Eben Etzebeth ‘couldn’t count to 12’

Last week, Eben Etzebeth made headlines with a his recollection of an interaction with Ireland players after a narrow defeat over the Springboks in a brutal World Cup pool stage match.

“After the game, you shake the guys’ hands and probably 12 out of the 23 told me, ‘See you guys in the final’,” In the most recent edition of The Rugby Pod, with Jim Hamilton, Etzebeth stated. “We were going to play France and they were going to play New Zealand,” was my first thought because to the way the logs operated.

“It was their comment,’see you guys in the final.'” Simply put, I felt that these men were seriously misguided to ignore what was arguably the most dominant team in the last twenty to thirty years of Test rugby. Of course they can’t.

In the end, New Zealand eliminated Ireland from the competition in the quarterfinals, and the Springboks went on to win all of their playoff games by a single point.

Now, in a follow-up podcast, Etzebeth’s recollection has drawn a rather insulting response from former England flyhalf Andy Goode.

“I’m going to call him out,” Goode said. “I call bulls***. You ain’t counting to 12 or 13 straight after a game, son! I reckon if anyone said it they would have said, ‘Hopefully, see you in the final’. Meaning we know we are both going our separate paths now,” Goode added.

Furthermore, Eben is unable of counting to twelve while shaking hands. You’ve experienced being completely overwhelmed and having no idea what’s going on.

“You just dropped a game. Your feelings are all around you. “One, two, three, four, five, Caelan Doris, that’s the sixth person to say it,” is not what you’re saying. It’s not taking place, is it?

“Since the Irish are nice people, I believe they probably said something like, ‘Hopefully see you in the final,’ or something similar. There is just no possibility that they went there and that interpretation—or Eben’s interpretation—has occurred.

EBEN ETZEBETH HAS SHARED STRONG OPINIONS OF LATE

Last month, England international Courtney Lawes made headlines when he delivered a chirp in the direction of South Africa and the Bulls.

Lawes questioned the rationale behind Bulls coach Jake White’s decision to field a weaker team in a Champions Cup quarterfinal game.

Lawes added on the Rugby Pod, “It’s a very South African thing to do, with the whole carnival around it.” “I can assure you that there were not eight separate flights, despite claims made in the press that there were.

Many things were overstated, but the players arrived at roughly the same time as the staff, who arrived at various times. It was an excellent method of relieving themselves of some of the burden, upsetting us, and forcing us to consider alternative ideas.

‘RATHER KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT’

However, Eben Etzebeth responded to Lawes with his own emphatic point of view.

“The Bulls got a lot of criticism their way and unfairly I think. Obviously, I saw some players like Courtney Etzebeth stated, “I don’t know why he mentioned the whole of South Africa, but Lawes mentioned something, and that’s a ‘South African way.'”

“He should probably keep his mouth shut since he has no idea what’s going on in South Africa. Jake is the one making the call. Being the head coach means you have to be allowed to choose whoever you want. The odds of winning the Challenge Cup and Champions Cup are extremely slim if you finish in the top four and do not get a home semifinal, according to Etzebeth.

It’s always going to be challenging since they had to travel away for the quarterfinals, then most likely travel to Leinster and play again in Europe against Toulouse.